It's a Girl!

Our appointment went great.  Baby GIRL is doing wonderful! I can't even explain the feeling of seeing your child MOVING on a screen.  Thanks to some caffeine before my appointment (a little soda never hurt anyone, I wanted to make sure she was awake) she was definitely awake and active but only from her belly down.  She was kicking away and wiggling but would not turn her head.  She was tucked way down in my uterus and we were only able to get a blurry half profile picture.  After a 45 minute ultrasound and some shaking of my belly she decided to stay cozy in her position.  Stubborn already like her daddy :)

Since they weren't able to get a good look at her face or measure her length because of her position, they scheduled me another ultrasound for two weeks! I guess in the end it all worked out good.  We still got to see our little princess growing and in the end get to see her again really soon! Hopefully next time they can get some better pictures and I can post those on here.

Her heartbeat was strong at 159 bpm and the doctor said there is lots of fluid surrounding her which is wonderful to hear.  I must be doing something right because so far so good.  I have to say it is such a nerve-wracking thing to know you are the one making sure this child is growing and safe.  I would do it a million times over for this precious baby though.  We are ecstatic that we get to call her by name now.  We had a boy name and a girl name picked out months ago.  Some of my family members were even calling her by name months ago because they felt so strongly that she was a girl.  Guess they were right!

So here are two photos taken by my camera phone (because somebody forgot to scan them into the computer for me) to introduce our DAUGHTER Emma Marie:

Here is the only clear shot they could get of her profile.  It's small from where I took a picture of a picture but it shows just how cute she's going to be.  Look at that sweet button nose :)



And here is a picture of her all curled up in a cozy little spot not wanting to budge.  You can see her spine, her little legs tucked under and even her EAR(I think that's what it is anyway haha)! :)



I just can't wait to meet her! Is it January yet?